Combination toy gun and target.



N0. 648,7l6. Patented May l, 1900.

- J. H; WERNER.

COMBINATION TOY GUN AND TARGET.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1900.)

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HTTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT union.

JOHN ll. \VERN'ER, OF'EMSWORTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION TOY GUN AND TARGET. v

SPECIFICATION forming part t Letters Patent No. 648,716, dated May 1,1900. Application filed February 21, 1900. Serial No. 6,057, (Nomodelfil T0 at when-z. it may concern.-

it known that I, .T onn I I. WERNER, acitizen of the l 'nited States ofAmerica, residing at Emsworth, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombination Toy Gun and Target, of which" the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in toys,and more particularly to the class of combination toy guns and targets.

The object of my invention is to construct a toy gun having a targetconnected at one end thereof carrying a spring-actuated tilting figureadapted to be operated by a-springactuated projectile carried by thegun.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of thischaracter which-shall be simple in construction, azni'ising, strong,durable, eiiicient in operation,and comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forininga part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a ierspective view of my improvedcombination toy gun and target. Fig. 2 is longitudinal sectional Viewthereof. Fig. is a rear view of the target, showing the figurchcad in alocked position. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the figurehe'ad in areleased posit-ion. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the midof the barrel of a gun, showing the clamps for securing the targetthereto. Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical sectional view 0': thegun-barrel. Fig. 7 is a perview of the plunger. Fig. 8 is a perew of thetarget, showing the arxf the various parts connected to thereof. '15; tothe drawings by reference-nu- 'zicates the stool: oi the g um, and 2 theha. .13? irovided with a bore 3 terminat- 7 ing at its top in a slot 4-,having the upper side thereof beveled, as at 5. The outer end of thegun-barrel is cut away, as at G, in which is mounted a pulley-wheel 7having an elastic cord 8 passing over the same. The lower face of thebarrel 2 is formed with a groove 9, in which is arranged the cord 8.This cord also operates within the bore 3. One end of the cord isconnected at 10 to the barrel, while the opposite end thereof is securedto the cylindrical plunger 11, as at 12. The plunger at its outer endhas suitably secured. thereto a headed stud or pin 13, and the oppositeend of the plunger on its lower face is formed with a notch to receivethe lugs 1% of the trigger 1'5, pivotally mounted in the gun-stock andretained in positioir hythe'spring 16. The plunger 11 slidably operateswithin the bore 3 and the stud or pin in the groove 4-.

The outer end of the barrel is provided with a pair of clamping-hooks17, which operate through openings 18, formed in the lower portion ofthe target 19, and are adapted to socure the target to the end of thegun. The target 19 may be of any desired shape and is provided upon itsouter face with a figure-- head 20, pivotally connected at its lower endto an elevating-spring 21. The target 19 is further provided with anopening above the.

openings 18, through which operates the headed releasing-pin connectedat its outer end with a fastening-catch adapted to engage the top of thefigure 20 and retain the same in a locked position. The inner face ofthe target is provided with a suitable ornamentation, as at 24.

The operation of my im proved gun is as fob lows: Assuming that theplunger is in position as shown in Fig. .l, the triggeris pulled,

It. is thought the herein-set-forih construetion of combination toy gunand target is one that will be exceedingly intercstingand amusslotthrough the upper side of said here, the

ing when in use, easy to operate, simple, du-

rable, and inexpensive to manufacture, and

plunger carrying a headed stud or pin leperatin g in said bore and slotand adapted to be retained in an inoperative position by the trigger ofthe gun, a target secured to the I engagement with outer end of saidgun, a pin arranged-in said target, a fastening-catch connected to said.

pin, a spring-actuated figure pivotally connected to said target andadapted to be re tained in a lowered position by said catch,

and means for bringing said headed pin into said pin of the target foroperating said catch to release the said figure when the trigger of thegun is operated, subv stantially' asdes'cribed.

In testimony whereof I affixmy -signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

, JOHN n. WERNER."

Witnesses JOH NOLAND, J. I. BRO NLEE.

